"Real coding" or "real coder" is a term I've only ever seen self-inflicted; people worried that what they are doing doesn't rate, isn't the real deal. There's

"Real coding" or "real coder" is a term I've only ever seen self-inflicted; people worried that what they are doing doesn't rate, isn't the real deal. There's almost always good people on hand to dissuade them of their de-rating themselves. I see a lot of community support for defeating this particular "i'm not good enough" version of impostor syndrome. If anything, it's hard to give the person space to admit, yeah, you do have a lot of things to learn still: this is the reciprocal to "always accept compliments" - the psychologist's "respect people's defenses". Which is a more complex line that we actually should be challenging, but with grace & permission & support.